#36A8CD#36A8CD

#36A8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.112 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A8CD
RGB	rgb(54, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, -19.40, -27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 34.03, 235.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.44% -0.0807 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(68.44% 0.112 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5389, 33.1942, 62.7542)
Luminance	0.3320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A8CD #CD5B36

analogous

#36CDA6 #36A8CD #365CCD

triadic

#36A8CD #CD36A8 #A8CD36

tetradic

#36A8CD #A636CD #CD5B36 #5CCD36

square

#36A8CD #A636CD #CD5B36 #5CCD36

split-complementary

#36A8CD #CD365C #CDA636

monochromatic

#1B596D #27819E #36A8CD #67BDD9 #98D2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#36A8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#36A8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A8CD

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A8CD	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.112 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2dc',
    500: '#36a8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a8cd;
$custom-light: #82c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.702,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68438,
    "c": 0.11247,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A8CD

secondary

#D19E8E

accent

#6B44E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A8CD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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